Trapped in a Serpent's Coils
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" Avada Kedavra"- English
$ Avada Kedavra$- Parseltongue
A Tiresome Twelfth:
Harry spent the rest of his summer cooped up in his room. Due to the incessant nagging of his parents, Harry was forced to memorize the entirety of his first year books. It really was quite unfair. Harry was used to being outside, playing and hunting, not cooped up studying. He sighed again as he stared out the window of his bedroom. What a nice day out…
$Hatchling!$ cried his father, $Pay more attention! You must show those bratsss who is the best!$
Harry sighed and returned to his studying, he'd already finished the first year required reading, now he had to study Runes and the Dark Arts as well. Tähdet had taught him an extremely Dark warding ritual, so he could now perform illegal spells in his room. Harry was very glad for that knowledge; however, this led to hours of practice, and Harry really wasn't very fond of falling on the floor twitching from exhaustion. Why, it wasn't dignified at all!
Suddenly, a loud pounding on the door snapped Harry from his internal complaints. He dropped the book he was reading, My First Futhark Runes I, and raced for the door. Upon opening, the passageway revealed an irate Potion's Professor.
"Potter what took you so long? Never mind, I've been sent to inform you that you are required to take the Hogwarts Express along with all the other students, no special treatment. Your pets will be left here."
With that the surly professor stormed off and out of sight. Harry sighed, despondent. September first already? How depressing, he'd spent a whole month in this room. Harry sighed again. Better get changed before he got there, least the old bat snap at him again. Twenty minutes later, an impeccably dressed Harry was walking out the door to the sounds of his parents' fond farewells.
$Remember Hatchling, don't embarrass usss now.$
$Killsss themsss if theysss looksss at you funny ickle Hatchling. Dessstroysss them…$
When Harry's portkey dumped him a King's Cross Station, he was completely lost. As a boy raised in the wilderness, Harry had never witnessed anything like it before. Cars, people, loud sounds, these were things he'd only ever heard of in the stories he had wheedled out of passing snakes. Feeling overwhelmed, Harry glanced down at his ticket, which had doubled as a one way portkey, and sighed unhappily. Where the heck was he supposed to find a platform nine and three quarters? Harry wandered the station, contemplating asking around, when suddenly, a noisy groups of red heads appeared next to Harry.
The fat woman in the group began to question her brood about the station in a loud screechy voice. Harry had to roll his eyes in disgust. Although her appearance was a lucky break for him, it didn't excuse the fact that they were clearly speaking of magic. In fact, when the children sprinted into the wall between platforms nine and ten, Harry almost wailed at their idiocy, did they want filthy muggles to get suspicious? When the family had passed, Harry calmly leaned against the wall and inconspicuously slipped in. Turning around, Harry gasped at the sight he was presented with.
The huge, shiny, red engine and all the bustling people in robes almost overwhelmed Harry. He could feel his mouth fighting to drop to the floor, just like some common mudblood. Harry shook off his stupor and, with all the dignity he could muster, boarded the train. He had half an hour left, and he wanted a compartment all to himself. Harry finally found one in the very back of the train, and settled himself in it.
Five minutes later, Harry had to admit he was bored out of his mind. With nothing else to do to pass the time, Harry fell into reminiscing about the few enjoyable moments of his summer. One of his favorites was when they had met the houselves.
Flashback:
Harry and his parents ran down the halls to escape Professor McGonagall. The stern woman had, for some reason, decided to take Harry under her wing. It was really annoying, as she would surprise him whenever he was out of his room to talk. Her long winded talks on honor and bravery bored him, and he really didn't understand the concept of Gryffindor bravery, it was stupidity at its finest. Harry cursed softly as he heard McGonagall's footsteps behind him.
Harry glanced back to see if the professor had found him yet, when he tripped over Tähdet's tail and he fell forward. Harry instinctively reached out with his hands to steady himself, only to feel them barely brush against a weird fruit painting. Suddenly, the portrait opened to reveal a kitchen full of the strangest creatures Harry had ever seen. The tiny things all squeaked happily when they saw the trio, despite the constant harassment from the pair of snakes. The elves even offered to feed the trio, conjuring rabbits when Käärme and Tähdet looked a little too interested in the creatures.
Harry was very happy to have this respite from the rest of humanity. No annoying speeches, no light side propaganda just peace… Suddenly, Tähdet's very thin restraint wore through and she pounced on an unlucky elf while screeching a war cry.
$I'll killsss you I willsss, sssilly ickle Foodlingsss daresss tept me!$
Harry grinned again in remembrance, before returning to his book. It was quite lucky he'd pocketed the book on the way out; otherwise he'd die of boredom. The green eyed boy had gotten only two more pages into his book when the door of his compartment was flung open. A, very familiar, blond strutted in and perch himself delicately in the opposing seat. Harry returned to his book.
"Ahem."
Ignore.
"Ahem!"
Ignore.
"Stop ignoring me!"
Harry reluctantly set his book down once more. Dang it, he only had two more pages in this chapter! Doing his best to silence his internal grumblings, Harry sighed and looked at the blond.
"What do you want!"
Silence…
So… maybe he didn't do a very good job of controlling his temper …
"Well? Can I help you?"
The blond preened some before answering haughtily. "The name's Draco Malfoy. Who're you? You're not some mudblood, right?"
A Malfoy? Great… Mother had warned him about them. She had said the Malfoys were more worthless than butterflies, as both were pretty and flounced around to show it, but one was actually useful, and, get this, it wasn't the blonds. Harry sighed.
"I'm Harry Potter, pleased to make your acquaintance."
The little blonde's eyes bulged out comically and he gasped. "The Harry Potter?! Prove it, where's your scar?"
Harry pulled up his bangs, then attempted to engage the other boy in conversation. It couldn't hurt to befriend an influential family, could it?
The compartment door was flung open once more as two other boys strode in. The darker sat down with Draco and grinned at Harry, while other boy sat in a corner with a book.
"Hi, I'm Blaise Zambini, nice to meet you." Blaise gestured to the quiet boy, "And the one over in the corner is Theodore Nott."
Theo glanced up from his book and nodded, before returning to his book.
Blaise grinned, "He's not much of a talker. So who're you?"
Before Harry even had the chance to reply, Draco jumped in and started to brag.
"This Blaise, is Harry Potter!" the snobby blond turned to address Harry, "Show them your scar!"
Harry couldn't help but be bewildered by the obsession the blond had with his scar. Another strange thing was how all these people know of it. Harry had always thought of it as an injury he got hunting, was he wrong? Before Harry had a chance to contemplate further, Blaise brought out a stack of cards and challenged him to a game of Exploding Snap, whatever that was.
Harry had just mastered the art of the card game when the door was thrown open yet again. Standing haughtily in the doorway was a brown haired girl with the most unfortunate set of beaver teeth Harry had ever seen. Behind her, a rotund little boy peered around her at them nervously.
"Neville's lost his toad, have you seen it?"
Harry frowned in annoyance. What a rude girl!
"No we did not." Harry started before he returned to his game.
The beaver girl scowled. She was very offended at his brusque manner. Before she could begin to speak however, Draco piped up.
"Salazar, what a rude mudblood."
Beaver looked a little offended, and was about to open her mouth again, when Blaise jumped in.
"Well Draco, you can't really blame her. Her filthy muggle parents couldn't have known to teach her manners or not to skulk around where she isn't wanted."
At this, Nott looked up from his book, "Well Mudblood, why aren't you leaving yet?"
The ginger's scowl grew deeper and she glared at each of the boys.
"My name is Hermione Granger, not mudblood, and you are the rude ones." She spat in disgust, before flouncing off, "Come Neville."
The group exchanged quick looks before breaking into laughter. That was too easy!
Fortunately for Harry, the rest of the ride was fairly calm, with the most notable occurrence being Draco's angry anti-muggle lecture after Hermione left. In fact, nothing really happened until they heard someone yelling for everyone to change into Hogwarts gear. Harry inhale sharply in excitement. He was so close to school now, and he couldn't wait to be sorted!
A/n: Hi everyone, I'm so sorry it took so long; I'll try to never do it again. Thank you Stardust of Orion for checking up on me, again I really appreciate it. Well, this chapter was mostly the product of an all-nighter, so please pardon the poor writing, if there are a lot of issues, I will repair it. Again I really apologize, there have been major internet trouble, writer's block, and a busy schedule, so I'm really sorry it took so long. Oh, and if this ever happens again, just PM me and guilt trip me, it always works and I would appreciate it! On another note, is anyone interested in being a beta for me? I work better with deadlines and my grammar is pretty atrocious! Please review and constructive criticism is always welcome!
Ceti H. Black- Thanks, and I hope you like this longer chapter! I'm so sorry about the long delay, forgive me?
Raven1493- I'm glad you enjoy it! The professor fainted because he is playing a coward. Also who would suspect the guy hosting Voldie to be scared of snakes? It also makes fainting from the sight of a troll less unusual if he does it so often, so it sets up for that as well! And *looks away sheepishly* I thought it would be really funny!
Geetac- Thanks, I'm glad you like it! Sorry it's been so long.
Cherrie-san- Thank you, and I'm really happy you think so, too! Tähdet is my favorite to write because it's so fun!
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Lord Print- Thank you for your suggestions, I really appreciate it! The main reason behind Harry's " Die, Die!" attitude is because I think anyone in a situation where they are removed from their lives and forced to change their way of living would be really stressed and irritable. The trick played by Ollivander and Mme. Pomfrey's thoughtless comment both set a stressed child into a defensive mode, and thus garnered an attack from him. Also, I must confess, I've always found Ollivander to be a bit creepy! Thank you for your offer, what are your writing strong points? I might take you up on it!
Kurogawa Yumi- You're so sweet! Can I give you a hug? Please? Thank you so much for your amusing comment, and your wonderfulness! Yes, the fainting was a calculated act, but to be honest, I just found that image too funny not to squeeze in somewhere!
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Stardust of Orion- You are the best! Thank you! I (maybe) promise they won't eat Hedwig, I don't think I'm quite that cruel, but I've been wrong before! I'm glad you liked that scene, it was fun to write! I'm glad I'm not the only one creeped out by Ollivander!
Sakura Lisel- Thank you for your reviews, Bella and Tähdet are both quite similar, aren't they? With Tonks, well, she's being groomed into the little Order member she will become. Recruiting early and inclusions in important, but not very dangerous mission endears the Order to the recruit, and makes them feel important, ergo more loyal.
Pinapple69- Thanks, I'm so happy you like it, this story is so much fun to write, it makes me very glad people enjoy reading it!
Bookworm0902- Thank you, I'm so happy you enjoyed reading it, and I'm glad you don't mind Tähdet's speech patterns, she's so fun to write! You're so sweet, thank you! *hugs*
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